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Today in entertainment history: July 3

THIS DAY IN 1969:John Wayne won his first Oscar after 200 films for playing Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit." Photo: Associated Press

1969: Former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found dead in his swimming pool at home in England. The coroner’s report cited death by misadventure.

1969: John Wayne won his first Oscar after 200 films for playing Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit.”

1971: Doors singer Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris. He was found in his bathtub. News of Morrison’s death was not made public until days after his burial in a Paris cemetery, leading many fans to believe he was still alive.

1986: Singer Teddy Pendergrass was critically injured when the specially equipped van he was driving hit a utility pole in Philadelphia. Pendergrass was paralyzed in a 1982 auto crash.